Electroplating apparatus.



x C. N. SMITH. BLEGTROYLATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

" VIEII STATES Ilitllllhl-IlIfIE.

CHRIS N, SMITH, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS', ASSIGNOB OF ONE-'HALF T0 DAVID C.COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY, 0F ELGIN, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ELECTROPLA'HNG APPARATUS.

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Speciiication of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb.. 23, Igll.,

Application mea July 2o, 1914. serial No. l852,005.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIS N.' SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ElectroplatingApparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings. f

This invention relates to certain improvements in electro-platingapparatus, and the object of the invention is to provide a` device ofthis general character 'wherein the anodes and cathodes may be appliedWithin or removed from the vat with .convenience and facility andwherebythe same may be manipulated in a manner to reduce to a minimum'the possibility of foreign substances being collected within the vatwhereby such vat is maintained clean.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedelectro-plating apparatus, whereby certain important advantages areattained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive andotherwise more convenient and advantageousfor use, all as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed `to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein is illus-l trated a fragmentary view in perspective ofa plating apparatus constructed in accordance with an embodiment of myinvention.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, V denotes a vat ofpredetermined configuration and dimensions adapted to contain theplating solution S, and the interior .walls of the vat V are providedwith the blocks B serving tov maintain the anodes A bars 4 and 5 adaptedto be disposed above the vat V. The bars 1 and 2 are adapted to besuitably connected with a proper source of electrical energy, the bar 1constituting the negative pole, while the bar 2 constitutes the positivepole.

Adjustably connected with. the supplemental bar 5 are the sleeves 6- inelectrical contact with such bar 5, and each of such sleeves 6 isprovided with a tubular leXtension 7 through which is disposed thevertically larranged metallic rod 8 maintained in operative positionthrough the medium of the clamping screw 9, and adjustably engaged, asindicated at 10, with the lower extremity of such rod 8 is the clam) 11adapted to be engaged With an anode The supplemental bar 4; hasadjustably mounted thereon and in electrical contact therewith, thesleeves 12 maintained intheir requisite adjusted position through themedium of the clamping screw 14, and each of such sleeves is providedwith the tubular extension 15 through which is adjustably directed avertical metallic rod 16 provided at -its lower extremity with thespring clamping jaws 17 adapted to engage a cathode C. i

In vie'W of the foregoing arrangement of the rods 8 and 16, it will beobserved that the anodes and cathodes can be positioned with facilityand convenienceat any predetermined point within the vat V and that thesame, especially the cathodes, can be raised and lowered with the bestadvantage. It is also to be observed that by this arrangement, the vat Vis substantially desti- `tute of accessories or adjuncts whereby unhampered flow of current through S is afforded.l It will also beobserved that with the foregoing arrangement, the anodes and cathodescan be manipulated with greater convenience and facility, as there isbut one point of contact with each of the same to consider.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that anelectroplating apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention isof an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and isparticularly well adapted for use by reasonV of the convenience andfacilit with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious thatmy invention is susceptible of some change and modification withoutmaterial departure lfrom the-princiiles and spirit lthereof and for thisreason do not wish to be understood as'limiting myself to4 each ofthebars,l rods operatively engaged bus bars posi- Liemeer by the sleevesand capableiof vertical adjustment relative thereto, and a clampingmember carried by the lower extremity of 15 each of the bars,

the'clamping members carried by certain of the rods being capable ofindependent adjustment relative thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. 26

CHRIS N. SMITH. Witnesses:

Emo J HILL,

E. STEWART.

